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The University of Picardy Jules Verne (
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: ''Université de Picardie Jules Verne''; UPJV) is a public university located in the former
Picardy Picardy (; Picard and french: Picardie, , ) is a historical territory and a former administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it has been part of the new region of Hauts-de-France. It is located in the northern part of France. Hi ...
region of France (now part of
Hauts-de-France Hauts-de-France (; pcd, Heuts-d'Franche; , also ''Upper France'') is the northernmost Regions of France, region of France, created by the territorial reform of French regions in 2014, from a merger of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy. Its Prefectu ...
). It consists of several campuses located in the towns of
Amiens Amiens (English: or ; ; pcd, Anmien, or ) is a city and commune in northern France, located north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme department in the region of Hauts-de-France. In 2021, the population of ...
,
Beauvais Beauvais ( , ; pcd, Bieuvais) is a city and commune in northern France, and prefecture of the Oise département, in the Hauts-de-France region, north of Paris. The commune of Beauvais had a population of 56,020 , making it the most populous ...
,
Cuffies Cuffies () is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Population See also *Communes of the Aisne department The following is a list of the 799 Communes of France, communes in the French Departments of Fr ...
, Saint-Quentin, Creil, and
Laon Laon () is a city in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. History Early history The holy district of Laon, which rises a hundred metres above the otherwise flat Picardy plain, has always held strategic importance. In ...
. The university is part of the
University of Lille Nord de France The Community of Universities and Institutions (COMUE) Lille Nord de France (formerly Université Lille Nord de France) was a French Groups of Universities and Institutions ( COMUE) spread over multiple campuses and centered in Lille (North - Hauts ...
group.


History

The University of Picardy Jules Verne was established in 1970 as a successor to the former University of Amiens. It was initially simply called the University of Picardy during its first two decades, until 1991 when writer
Jules Verne Jules Gabriel Verne (;''Longman Pronunciation Dictionary''. ; 8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the ''Voyages extraor ...
's named was added. Verne spent much of his life in
Amiens Amiens (English: or ; ; pcd, Anmien, or ) is a city and commune in northern France, located north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme department in the region of Hauts-de-France. In 2021, the population of ...
. What started as a small university now has over 30,000 students across all campuses. The university celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2019-2020.


Organisation

The university is organised into five main faculties or groupings each with a number of schools or institutes:


Arts, Lettres, Langues

* UFR des Arts * UFR de Langues et Cultures Étrangères * UFR des Lettres * La méthode Imad et Ayman


Droit, Économie, Gestion

* UFR de Droit et de Science Politique * UFR d'Économie et de Gestion * De tout et n'importe quoi ! * Institut d'Administration des Entreprises (IAE) * Institut de Préparation à l'Administration Générale (IPAG)


ESPE, Antenne et IUT

* Antenne Universitaire de Beauvais (AUB) * École Supérieure du Professorat et de l'Éducation (ESPE) * Institut Universitaire de Technologie d'Amiens * Institut Universitaire de Technologie de l'Aisne * Institut Universitaire de Technologie de l'Oise


Sciences Humaines et Sociales

* UFR d'Histoire et de Géographie * UFR Sciences Humaines, Sociales et Philosophie


Sciences, Technologie, Santé

* UFR de Médecine * Institut d'Ingénierie de la Santé - 2IS * UFR de Pharmacie * UFR des Sciences * UFR des Sciences et Techniques des Activités Physiques et Sportives - STAPS * Institut Supérieur des Sciences et Techniques - INSSET


Notable faculty

* Jacqueline Lévi-Valensi (1932-2004) - specialist in the work of Albert Camus *
Andrée Ehresmann Andrée Ehresmann (born Andrée Bastiani; 1935) is a French mathematician specialising in category theory. Education and career Ehresmann was a researcher at CNRS from 1957 to 1963. She was awarded a Ph.D. in 1962 at University of Paris unde ...
(born 1935) - mathematician specialising in category theory * Nadine-Josette Chaline (born 1938) - specialist in religious history * Jean-Michel Macron (born 1950) - neurologist; father of Emmanuel Macron * Jean-Marie Tarascon (born 1953) - chemist * Brigitte Fouré (born 1955) - university lecturer and former government minister * Laurence Bertrand Dorléac (born 1957) - art historian * Enzo Traverso (born 1957) - Italian scholar of European intellectual history * Nikolay Nenovsky (born 1963) - Bulgarian economist, working in the fields of monetary theory and policy, monetary history and history of economic thought * Pablo Martín Asuero (born 1967) - Spanish scholar from the Basque Country. He specialises in Middle Eastern history *
Alain Bui Alain Bui (born in 1969) is a French academic who's specialized in information technology, and the current president (corporate title), president of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University. Biography Training Alain Bui was trained in ...
(born 1969) - specialist in information technology; president of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University * Fabien Danesi - art historian *
Nicole Jacques-Lefevre Nicole may refer to: People * Nicole (name) * Nicole (American singer) (born 1958), a contestant in season 3 of the American ''The X Factor'' * Nicole (Chilean singer) (born 1977) * Nicole (German singer) (born 1964), winner of the 1982 Eurovi ...
- Professor of Literature who specialises in the study of demonological texts of the Enlightenment in the eighteenth century including werewolves and lycanthropy * Jean-Paul Cointet - historian


Notable alumni

* Daniel Ona Ondo (born 1945) - Gabonese politician who was Prime Minister of Gabon from January 2014 to September 2016 *
Calliope Spanou Calliope Spanou is a Greek academic who served from 2011 to 2015 as the Greek Ombudsman. She is currently a professor of administrative science at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Education Spanou studied public law and politi ...
- Greek academic who served from 2011 to 2015 as the Greek Ombudsman


See also

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*
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Amiens Amiens (English: or ; ; pcd, Anmien, or ) is a city and commune in northern France, located north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme department in the region of Hauts-de-France. In 2021, the population of ...


References


External links


University of Picardy Website
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